172 conversion

[couzens]

right next year im hopeuflly droping a 172 engine into the car and i need you to tell me what i need, obv need the engine, gearbox, ecu, loom. thats all i can think of off the top of my head obv brakes aswell, i dont wnat "by a sport" because half of the fun wil be fiting it. would i need a 172 gear box or would like a 1.8 gearbox do i know id get shorter gear ratios. thanks

 

[Mark One]

the only 1.8 clio is a MK1 valver box, which would fit iirc, but I'm not sure if the mounts will bolt straight on.
Best to leave the valver box alone actually, pretty weak.
Ph1 172 boxes have a longer 5th and little longer 4th. Ph2 boxes are the short 172 boxes.

 

[couzens]

oh rite ok, so best to go on a phase1 gar box? would it connect to a 172 ph2 engine?

 

[Christopher]

Your best bet is a Ph1 172 engine. (F4R 730)

Try to get everything from one donor car - Engine, box, loom, UCH, ECU, decoder, keys etc etc... it makes life a lot easier.

You're better off trawling eBay/AT for a cheap accident-damaged Ph1 and swap everything over.

You can use Ph1 'boxes on the Ph2 and the other way around. The 172 Cup box uses a cable speedo though, due to the lack of ABS sensors that all the others use.

 

[couzens]

ahh brilliant ok ta for the help

 

[Jamesstone]

So the dream begins hey mate , look forward to seeing this

 

[couzens]

time for some serious s**t to hapen

 

[ditz]

look at my project thread lists pretty much everything you need + stuff you will come up against

 

[couzens]

brilliant cheers ditz

 

[Spongebob 172]

when you need a hand give me a shout...cant do much on the conversion but i do make a wicked cup of tea and a bacon roll